To have lost all those precious stones and not to have inquired about them was a bit foggy, wasn't normal, human.

Unless--bang on the plexus came the thought!--the beggar had hidden them himself.

He had been exceedingly clever in hiding the wallet.

Come to think of it, he hadn't mentioned that, either.

Of course he had hidden the stones--either in Gregor's apartment or in Kitty's.